There's no rational reason why opera should exist. It's expensive, time consuming. Yet in some shape or other it has always existed.

- Jake Heggie

If you look at Marriage of Figaro or Butterfly or Traviata, all of those elements are in there. I also have to have a very specific location in mind.…

- Jake Heggie

I have a lot of projects I get asked for, but the opera house really is my house - my home. It's where I feel comfortable and confident and I get to …

- Jake Heggie

We've always told stories through music and rhythm and movement, and what we know as western opera has only been around for a few hundred years and i…

- Jake Heggie

I look for stories that tell transformative, emotional journeys, have big emotional worlds, feel very relevant and true to the times we're living in …

- Jake Heggie